Tom Morris
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Eternally damned techno-priest heretic, curly brace balancer, and pesky citation requester.
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stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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Youtube has announced that all low-res videos (i.e. older ones) are to be automatically AI upscaled to HD.
Creators can opt-out on a per video basis (but the channel may be long abandoned).
When researching props or behind the scenes, old videos are useful, but not if upscaling produces artefacts.
Creators can opt-out on a per video basis (but the channel may be long abandoned).
When researching props or behind the scenes, old videos are useful, but not if upscaling produces artefacts.
October 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Youtube has announced that all low-res videos (i.e. older ones) are to be automatically AI upscaled to HD.
Creators can opt-out on a per video basis (but the channel may be long abandoned).
When researching props or behind the scenes, old videos are useful, but not if upscaling produces artefacts.
Creators can opt-out on a per video basis (but the channel may be long abandoned).
When researching props or behind the scenes, old videos are useful, but not if upscaling produces artefacts.
The year of desktop Linux awaits. Mostly because people want sanctuary from the weird AI follies of big tech companies.
A job listing shows Google is developing a new Android-based "Aluminium OS" that is "built with AI at the core", potentially as a ChromeOS replacement for PCs (Mishaal Rahman/Android Authority)
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Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
November 25, 2025 at 7:17 AM
The year of desktop Linux awaits. Mostly because people want sanctuary from the weird AI follies of big tech companies.
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NHS makes morning-after pill available for free across pharmacies in England
NHS makes morning-after pill available for free across pharmacies in England
Those in need of free emergency contraception no longer have to see their GP or attend a sexual health clinic
The NHS has made the morning-after pill available for free across pharmacies in England in an effort to reduce a “postcode lottery” of access to emergency contraception.
Almost 10,000 pharmacies are now able to offer the pill without charge, saving those in need of free emergency contraception from having to visit their GP or to get an appointment at a sexual health clinic. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:10 AM
NHS makes morning-after pill available for free across pharmacies in England
Breaking news: employer has to pay for staff to have chairs to sit in when working.
October 27, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Breaking news: employer has to pay for staff to have chairs to sit in when working.
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"Why travel all the way to Italy when you can visit a place much closer by that is shaped like Italy?"
bigthink.com/strange-maps...
bigthink.com/strange-maps...
October 12, 2025 at 9:59 AM
"Why travel all the way to Italy when you can visit a place much closer by that is shaped like Italy?"
bigthink.com/strange-maps...
bigthink.com/strange-maps...
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All my comics have happy endings!
October 10, 2025 at 9:56 AM
All my comics have happy endings!
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man. i hate it when mastodon people are right about things. that's annoying af
October 3, 2025 at 9:08 PM
man. i hate it when mastodon people are right about things. that's annoying af
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Wait, Tyler Cowen has been writing about how to find virgins since 2009 while he was a professor at George Mason University
October 2, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Wait, Tyler Cowen has been writing about how to find virgins since 2009 while he was a professor at George Mason University
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TODAY IS THE ONLY DAY YOU CAN REPOST THIS!!!
October 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
TODAY IS THE ONLY DAY YOU CAN REPOST THIS!!!
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Someone should probably inform the White House's "AI & Crypto Czar" that no one is forcing AI companies to train their models on Wikipedia
September 29, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Someone should probably inform the White House's "AI & Crypto Czar" that no one is forcing AI companies to train their models on Wikipedia
The anti-digital ID petition is rapidly approaching 2.5 million signatures
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.
petition.parliament.uk
September 29, 2025 at 7:47 AM
The anti-digital ID petition is rapidly approaching 2.5 million signatures
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Incredily ballsy for the government to include India's Aadhaar as one of the inspirations for the UK's #DigitalID programme.
If I was trying to convince people of the benefits, I'd want slightly less focus on a system that lost private data about a billion people.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aadhaar
If I was trying to convince people of the benefits, I'd want slightly less focus on a system that lost private data about a billion people.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aadhaar
Aadhaar - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 27, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Incredily ballsy for the government to include India's Aadhaar as one of the inspirations for the UK's #DigitalID programme.
If I was trying to convince people of the benefits, I'd want slightly less focus on a system that lost private data about a billion people.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aadhaar
If I was trying to convince people of the benefits, I'd want slightly less focus on a system that lost private data about a billion people.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aadhaar
Wait, the new line is it'll help poor people?
Will a digital ID reduce rents? Build council housing? Fix homelessness? Make the benefits system easier to navigate? Treat chronic health issues? Improve employment rights?
It's marginally less shit as an argument than fixing potholes but not by much.
Will a digital ID reduce rents? Build council housing? Fix homelessness? Make the benefits system easier to navigate? Treat chronic health issues? Improve employment rights?
It's marginally less shit as an argument than fixing potholes but not by much.
Today’s digital ID announcement yet another example of how X being the main platform for political discourse will inevitably throw the MSM’s coverage off course, because online right opinion is fevered/way off the beat with the public.
Guess who need digital/reliable ID most? Those in poverty.
Guess who need digital/reliable ID most? Those in poverty.
September 27, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Wait, the new line is it'll help poor people?
Will a digital ID reduce rents? Build council housing? Fix homelessness? Make the benefits system easier to navigate? Treat chronic health issues? Improve employment rights?
It's marginally less shit as an argument than fixing potholes but not by much.
Will a digital ID reduce rents? Build council housing? Fix homelessness? Make the benefits system easier to navigate? Treat chronic health issues? Improve employment rights?
It's marginally less shit as an argument than fixing potholes but not by much.
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Cannot stress enough how it is already possible to report potholes www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Public backs ‘super ID card’ which could be used to report potholes
Ministers have recently said they are considering introducing a form of digital ID for adults in Britain
www.independent.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Cannot stress enough how it is already possible to report potholes www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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turns out chatbots are shitty search engines too tommorris.org/posts/2025/i... by @tommorris.org
Irrelevant is better than fake: testing a legal AI tool
Professional AI tool is marginally better than consumer AI tool. That’s not saying much, sadly.
tommorris.org
September 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
turns out chatbots are shitty search engines too tommorris.org/posts/2025/i... by @tommorris.org
New blog post! I've previously tested consumer genAI tools with legal questions. Result: lots of popcorn.
Now I tried a professional genAI tool. It's less bad—it doesn't cite fake cases. Instead it cites irrelevant cases and doesn't really offer much benefit over just using a search engine.
Now I tried a professional genAI tool. It's less bad—it doesn't cite fake cases. Instead it cites irrelevant cases and doesn't really offer much benefit over just using a search engine.
Irrelevant is better than fake: testing a legal AI tool
Professional AI tool is marginally better than consumer AI tool. That’s not saying much, sadly.
tommorris.org
September 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
New blog post! I've previously tested consumer genAI tools with legal questions. Result: lots of popcorn.
Now I tried a professional genAI tool. It's less bad—it doesn't cite fake cases. Instead it cites irrelevant cases and doesn't really offer much benefit over just using a search engine.
Now I tried a professional genAI tool. It's less bad—it doesn't cite fake cases. Instead it cites irrelevant cases and doesn't really offer much benefit over just using a search engine.
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Medical researchers proudly confess to straight up data fraud
'Medical researchers at some institutions in Canada, the United States and Italy are using data created by artificial intelligence (AI) from real patient information in their experiments without the need for permission from their institutional ethics boards, Nature has learnt.'
AI-generated medical data can sidestep usual ethics review, universities say
Representatives of four medical research centres have told Nature they have waived normal ethical review because ‘synthetic’ data do not contain real or traceable patient information.
www.nature.com
September 14, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Medical researchers proudly confess to straight up data fraud
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We could remediate the effects of a bad process with bad technology, or we could abolish the bad process.
AI could be used for REF, says Royal Society president.
The president of the Royal Society has suggested that artificial intelligence could ease the burden placed on academics by the Research Excellence Framework and peer review.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...
The president of the Royal Society has suggested that artificial intelligence could ease the burden placed on academics by the Research Excellence Framework and peer review.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...
AI could be used for REF, says Royal Society president - Research Professional News
Research Excellence Framework is “not best use of human brainpower”, Adrian Smith tells Lords committee
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
September 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
We could remediate the effects of a bad process with bad technology, or we could abolish the bad process.
If you think AI “makes a phone feel smart”, I can only conclude your definition of smart includes not being able to work out which states have the letter “r” in their name.
Column by Geoffrey A. Fowler: In side-by-side tests, Google’s latest Pixel 10 handled everyday tasks with AI that the iPhone 17 still can’t. It’s clear the Pixel’s AI can do things I wish the new iPhone could.
Column | The new iPhone 17 already feels two years old
AI is now what makes a phone feel smart. In side-by-side tests, Google's latest Pixel handled everyday tasks the iPhone still can't.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
If you think AI “makes a phone feel smart”, I can only conclude your definition of smart includes not being able to work out which states have the letter “r” in their name.
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On the same day in the Telegraph:
![The Telegraph
Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement
Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty
Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence
[Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday]
Robert Mendick Chief Reporter. Amy Gibbons Political Correspondent
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![The Telegraph
Money > Property > Second homes
How to avoid tax on your second home
From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net
[Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto]
Fran Ivens Senior Money Writer
29 August 2025 1:21pm BST](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreieuwgc2vsmyfcctmf4cnpcqckij2pqdk2gmzajpnihrsqyqmzyr5e@jpeg)
September 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
On the same day in the Telegraph: